"generalize" meaning in English

See generalize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹə.laɪz/ [Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈd͡ʒen.(ə.)ɹə.lɑɪz/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-generalize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: generalizes [present, singular, third-person], generalizing [participle, present], generalized [participle, past], generalized [past]
Etymology: general + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|general|ize}} general + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} generalize (third-person singular simple present generalizes, present participle generalizing, simple past and past participle generalized)
  1. To speak in generalities, or in vague terms. Translations (to speak in generalities, or in vague terms): говоря общо (govorja obšto) (Bulgarian), generalitzar (Catalan), yleistää (Finnish), généraliser (French), faire des amalgames (French), xeneralizar (Galician), განზოგადება (ganzogadeba) (Georgian), generalisieren (German), pauschalisieren (German), verallgemeinern (German), általánosít (Hungarian), збо́рува о́пшто (zbóruva ópšto) (Macedonian), generalizar (Occitan), generalizować [imperfective] (Polish), uogólniać [imperfective] (Polish), uogólnić [perfective] (Polish), generalizar (Portuguese), generaliza (Romanian), ginearalaich (Scottish Gaelic), generalizar (Spanish), generalisera (Swedish), nói chung chung (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-generalize-en-verb-sOg28oMK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 14 8 14 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 59 15 11 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 16 13 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 67 13 9 12 Disambiguation of 'to speak in generalities, or in vague terms': 98 1 0 1
  2. To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles. Translations (to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles): обобщавам (obobštavam) (Bulgarian), 普遍化 (pǔbiànhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), zobecnit (Czech), generalisere (Danish), ĝeneraligi (Esperanto), yleistää (Finnish), généraliser (French), xeneralizar (Galician), განზოგადება (ganzogadeba) (Georgian), generalisieren (German), verallgemeinern (German), व्यापक करना (vyāpak karnā) (Hindi), generalizzare (Italian), о́бопшти (óbopšti) (Macedonian), uogólniać [imperfective] (Polish), uogólnić [perfective] (Polish), generalizar (Portuguese), generaliza (Romanian), обобща́ть (obobščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обобщи́ть (obobščítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ginearalaich (Scottish Gaelic), posplošiti (Slovene), generalisera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-generalize-en-verb-gTrPYaqa Disambiguation of 'to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles': 0 91 0 8
  3. To spread throughout the body and become systemic. Categories (topical): Systems theory Translations (to spread throughout the body and become systemic): разпространявам (razprostranjavam) (Bulgarian), vastiĝi (Esperanto), ĝeneraliĝi (Esperanto), levitä (Finnish), généraliser (French), sich ausbreiten (German), ши́ри (šíri) [imperfective] (Macedonian), про́шири (próširi) [perfective] (Macedonian), generalizar-se (Portuguese), generaliza (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-generalize-en-verb-ThZof5rD Disambiguation of Systems theory: 34 8 49 10 Disambiguation of 'to spread throughout the body and become systemic': 0 0 98 1
  4. To derive or deduce (a general concept or principle) from particular facts.
    Sense id: en-generalize-en-verb-PGOTkxb~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: generalise (english: non-Oxford British spelling), generalize, genericize Derived forms: generalist, generalizability, generalisability, generalizable, generalisable, generalization, generalisation, generalizer, generaliser Related terms: general

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          "lang": "Hindi",
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          "sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
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          "sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
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          "sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
          "word": "sich ausbreiten"
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          "roman": "šíri",
          "sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
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          "word": "про́шири"
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          "sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
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          "ref": "August 24, 1831, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Truth and Maxims",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "govorja obšto",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "говоря общо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "generalitzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "yleistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "généraliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "faire des amalgames"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "xeneralizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ganzogadeba",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "განზოგადება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "generalisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "pauschalisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "verallgemeinern"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "általánosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zbóruva ópšto",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "збо́рува о́пшто"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "generalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "generalizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "uogólniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "uogólnić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "generalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "generaliza"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "ginearalaich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "generalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "generalisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to speak in generalities, or in vague terms",
      "word": "nói chung chung"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obobštavam",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "обобщавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pǔbiànhuà",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "普遍化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "zobecnit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "generalisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "ĝeneraligi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "yleistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "généraliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "xeneralizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ganzogadeba",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "განზოგადება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "generalisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "verallgemeinern"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vyāpak karnā",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "व्यापक करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "generalizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óbopšti",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "о́бопшти"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "uogólniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "uogólnić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "generalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "generaliza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obobščátʹ",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обобща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obobščítʹ",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обобщи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "ginearalaich"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "posplošiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles",
      "word": "generalisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razprostranjavam",
      "sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
      "word": "разпространявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
      "word": "vastiĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
      "word": "ĝeneraliĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
      "word": "levitä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
      "word": "généraliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
      "word": "sich ausbreiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šíri",
      "sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ши́ри"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "próširi",
      "sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "про́шири"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
      "word": "generalizar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to spread throughout the body and become systemic",
      "word": "generaliza"
    }
  ],
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}

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